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METAR KRDU 012151Z 27013G21KT 250V320 10SM SCT045 BKN060 05/M08 A2968 RMK AO2 SNB10E21 SLP052 VIRGA NE P0000 T00501078

I found VIRGA, but not the SNB10E21
 
jdwatson said:
METAR KRDU 012151Z 27013G21KT 250V320 10SM SCT045 BKN060 05/M08 A2968 RMK AO2 SNB10E21 SLP052 VIRGA NE P0000 T00501078

I found VIRGA, but not the SNB10E21

Snow beginning 10 after the hour and ending 21 after the hour.

Ghery
 
jdwatson said:
SLP052 T00501078

This is the part that always gets me. I looked it up in my aviation weather handbook in the past :( , but heck if I ever remember what it is.
 
Sea level pressure, Temperate & dewpoint (5C / 7.8C)
 
SLP052 = Sea Level Pressure 1005.2. Standard is 1013.2 (mb) or 29.92in (more useful in the cockpit)
 
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